Mae West: Be There on August 12th
It is the 120th birthday of MAE WEST. Come celebrate with us next month.
• • Save the Date: Monday, August 12th • •
• • Monday, 12
August 2013 will be the next Mae West Tribute in Manhattan and this
entertaining and informative afternoon affair will start at 4:00 pm in
Greenwich Village. Again this year Mae-mavens will enjoy an indoor
event, a multi-media presentation with music, and attendees will be
seated.
• • Where: The Auditorium of Hudson Branch Library, 66 Leroy Street, New York, NY 10014; Tel. (212) 243-6876. Please note: this spacious room is on the lower level and the building is not accessible to wheelchairs.
• • When: Monday, 12 August 2013 from 4:00pm — 5:45pm. Attendees can select a seat starting at 3:45pm [open seating].
• • Who: Actress Darlene Violette reads from the novel "Diamond Lil" written by Mae West and published [NY: The Macauley Company] in 1932. Ms. Violette, clad in period costume, will also reprise songs performed by Mae in "She Done Him Wrong" [Paramount Pictures, 1933]. Stage veteran and award-winning cabaret artist Sidney Myer brings to life the men in the life of Diamond Lil and performs a classic, "The Bowery," by Charles H. Hoyt and Percy Gaunt. Historian and playwright LindaAnn Loschiavo leads an "Armchair Tour" through the boisterous Bowery and Chinatown during the 1890s.
• • Music: Brian McInnis provides delightful live musical accompaniment.
• • What else: The ever-popular Mae West Raffle will offer rare prizes once again to a number of lucky attendees. The public is invited.
• • Admission: free. Raffle tickets are always free.
• • RSVP: 212-243-6876 [Hudson Branch Library's phone number].
• • Mae West was born in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, 17 August 1893.
• • Closest MTA subway stations: Christopher St. or West Fourth St.; or take the M7 bus.
• • Closest PATH station: Christopher St.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out. I have been misunderstood."
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Watch a scene on YouTube.
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Source:http://courtingmaewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Courting Mae West
Mae West
• • Photo: Mae West • • her 1932 novel • •
NYC
Mae West.
• • Save the Date: Monday, August 12th • •
• • Where: The Auditorium of Hudson Branch Library, 66 Leroy Street, New York, NY 10014; Tel. (212) 243-6876. Please note: this spacious room is on the lower level and the building is not accessible to wheelchairs.
• • When: Monday, 12 August 2013 from 4:00pm — 5:45pm. Attendees can select a seat starting at 3:45pm [open seating].
• • Who: Actress Darlene Violette reads from the novel "Diamond Lil" written by Mae West and published [NY: The Macauley Company] in 1932. Ms. Violette, clad in period costume, will also reprise songs performed by Mae in "She Done Him Wrong" [Paramount Pictures, 1933]. Stage veteran and award-winning cabaret artist Sidney Myer brings to life the men in the life of Diamond Lil and performs a classic, "The Bowery," by Charles H. Hoyt and Percy Gaunt. Historian and playwright LindaAnn Loschiavo leads an "Armchair Tour" through the boisterous Bowery and Chinatown during the 1890s.
• • Music: Brian McInnis provides delightful live musical accompaniment.
• • What else: The ever-popular Mae West Raffle will offer rare prizes once again to a number of lucky attendees. The public is invited.
• • Admission: free. Raffle tickets are always free.
• • RSVP: 212-243-6876 [Hudson Branch Library's phone number].
• • Mae West was born in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, 17 August 1893.
• • Closest MTA subway stations: Christopher St. or West Fourth St.; or take the M7 bus.
• • Closest PATH station: Christopher St.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out. I have been misunderstood."
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • The legal battles fought by Mae West and Jim Timony are dramatized in the play "Courting Mae West: Sex, Censorship, and Secrets," set during the Prohibition Era. Watch a scene on YouTube.
___________
Source:http://courtingmaewest.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Courting Mae West
Mae West
• • Photo: Mae West • • her 1932 novel • •
NYC
Mae West.
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